Relationship among Demographic Variables and Pupils' Reasoning Ability

Autor/inn/en	Tella, Adeyinka; Tella, Adedeji; Adika, L. O.; Toyobo, Majekodunmi Oluwole
Titel	Relationship among Demographic Variables and Pupils' Reasoning Ability
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 6 (2008) 3, S.709-728 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Correlation; Thinking Skills; Logical Thinking; Elementary School Students; Public Schools; Age Differences; Social Class; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Tribes; Religion; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Korrelation; Denkfähigkeit; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Tribal society; Stammesgesellschaft
Abstract	Introduction: Pupils reasoning ability is a sine-qua-non to the evaluation of their performance in learning and an indicator of their potential predictors of future performance. Method: The study examined the relationship among demographic variables and reasoning ability of primary school pupils. It drew four hundred pupils from ten (10) purposefully selected public primary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. The age of these pupils ranged from 9-11 years. A Reasoning Assessment Test developed by (Sokan, 1998) with r = 0.89 cronbach alpha was used for the collection of data. Two hypotheses were developed to guide the study. These were analysed using Pearson Multiple Correlation Matrix and Multiple Regression statistical methods. Results: The results indicate that demographic variables like age, class, and gender correlates positively with pupils reasoning ability and that these three variables significantly predict pupils reasoning ability better than other variables. Discussion and Conclusion: Based on these findings teachers and parents are called upon to see to it that they start stimulation of the children thinking at an early age as soon as they enter school through provision fascinating toys, computers and simulation games. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10